tingi

See also: tîngi

English

Alternative forms

• tinguy

Noun

tingi

1. A Brazilian tree, Magonia pubescens, whose seeds yield soap.

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

tingi

1. branch of a tree

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tǝŋǝ (“pubic hair, throat hair of caribou”), from Proto-Eskimo *tǝŋǝ (“pubic hair, throat hair of caribou”). Compare tiingavoq (“is horny”), and tingajuk (“throat hair of caribou”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /tiŋi/, [t͡sɪ.ŋɪ]

Noun

tingi

1. pubic hair

Italian

Verb

tingi

1. inflection of tingere:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

tingī

1. present passive infinitive of tingō

Portuguese

Verb

tingi

1. inflection of tingir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Dutch stinken (“to stink”). Compare tori (“story”), from English story.

Verb

tingi

1. to stink
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Wan nyun sortu nyanyan”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎^[1]:

     Te den kibri a mana kon miti a di fu seibi dei, dan a no e lai nanga woron. A no e tingi tu! Disi na wan tra wondru!

     When they save the manna over to the seventh day, it doesn’t get full of worms. And it doesn’t stink! This is another miracle!

Derived terms

• tingimeti (“carrion”)

Descendants

• → Saramaccan: tíngi

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 中意 (tèng-ì, “to suit one's desire”) as per Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiˈŋiʔ/ [t̪ɪˈŋiʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧ngi

Noun

tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

1. retail selling; sale of goods at retail price

   Synonym: pagtitingi

Derived terms

• ipagtingi
• ipatingi
• itingi
• magtingi
• magtitingi
• pagtitingi
• tingi-tingi
• tingian
• tingiin

 

See also

• pakyaw
• utay

 

Adjective

tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

1. sold or bought at retail price

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiˈŋi/ [t̪ɪˈŋi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ti‧ngi

Noun

tingí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

1. smaller end of an egg

   Synonym: kulo

2. eye or hard center of a boil

   Synonym: mata

Further reading

• “tingi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “tingi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 63
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tèng-ì”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 489; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 489
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tèng-ì”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 163; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 163

Anagrams

• ingit, ngiti, iting, tinig

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly from Malay tengik (“rancid, pungent, putrid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ŋi]

Verb

tingi

1. (stative) to stink, to smell

Conjugation

Conjugation of tingi
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totingi	fotingi	mitingi
2nd	notingi	nitingi
3rd	Masculine	otingi	itingi, yotingi†
Feminine	motingi
Neuter	itingi
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh